vi ABSTRACT Vita Vendityaningtyas, S890809215. 2013. Improving the Students’ Writing Ability by Using Peer Exchange (A Classroom Action Research at the Third Semester of English Department Students of IKIP PGRI Madiun in the Academic Year of 2010/2011). Thesis. Surakarta. English Education Department, Graduate School. Sebelas Maret University....

This study aims at (1) finding out whether audiovisual aids can improve students’ vocabulary mastery and (2) discribing classroom climate when audiovisual aids is implemented in the class. The preliminary research showed that the students had problem in recognize and memorize the words, pronouncing the word correctly, use the words in a...

The objectives of the research are to investigatewhether: (1) Simulation Technique is more effective than Cooperative Script Technique to teach speaking for Informatics program students of STT RRI Malang in the Academic Year of 2012/2013; (2) students with high creativity have better speaking skill than the students with low creativity; (3) there...

This research aims at finding out whether: (1) CIRC Method is more effective than Direct Instruction Method to teach reading skill ; (2) the students who have high interest have better reading skill than those who have low interest; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching methods and students‘ interest for teaching reading...

This research aims at describing: (1) whether and to what extent short stories are able to increase the students? vocabulary mastery in reading, (2) the most significant improvement in terms of the use of vocabularies drawn from short stories, (3) the strengths and weaknesses of implementing short stories in increasing the student?s vocabulary...

The objectives of the research are (1) to explore teachers’ beliefs in teaching grammar; (2) to reveal how those beliefs are reflected in their teaching practices; and (3) to figure out the factors influencing those beliefs and practices. Five English teachers from two State senior High Schools in the eastern part of Kabupaten Cirebon...

This research aims at find out whether: (1) Paper Seminar Technique is more effective than Peer Editing Technique to teach writing skill; (2) students having high self-actualization have better writing skill than those having low self-actualization; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching techniques and students’ self-actualization in...

This research aims at describing out whether: (1) Moodle is more effective than weblog media to teach writing to the tenth grade of SMA N 7 Purworejo in the Academic Year of 2012/2013; (2) the students who have high creativity have better writing skill than those who have low creativity of the tenth grade of that school; and (3) there is an...

The aims of the thesis are; (1) to reveal Storytelling can improve students’ pronunciation proficiency; and (2) to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the Storytelling used in implemented at the research. This action research consists of three cycles, in which the procedures include identifying the problem, planning the action,...

The objectives of the research are to examine: (1) whether Problem Based learning is more effective than Audio-Lingual Method to teach speaking to the Second Semester of English Program Students of FKIP Tanjungpura University Pontianak in the Academic Year of 2012/2013; (2) whether the students having high critical thinking have better...